LATE CHILDHOOD

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LATE CHILDHOOD

• AGES 6-12

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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Preadolescence
• Development slow but steady
• Weight gain averages 5-7 lbs/year
• Muscle coordination well developed
• Most of primary teeth lost, permanent teeth erupt
• Visual acuity at its best
• 10-12 sexual maturation may begin

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Mental Development

• Increases rapidly due to school
• Speech more developed, reading and writing skills
  are learned
• Memory becomes more complex and problem solving
  skills begin to develop

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Mental cont

• Abstract ideas, such as honesty, loyalty become
  more understood
• More ability to make judgments

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Emotional Development

• Age 6 fearful of school, but reassurance and
  successes help children gain self confidence.
• Fears are replaced by ability to cope
• Emotions are brought under control.

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Emotional cont

• By age 10-12 sexual maturation can lead to
  periods of depression followed by periods of joy.
  This causes restlessness, anxiety, and makes
  kids sometimes difficult to understand

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Emotional Development

• By age 10-12 sexual maturation can lead to
  periods of depression followed by periods of joy.
  This causes restlessness, anxiety, and makes
  kids sometimes difficult to understand

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Social Development

• Around 7 years more individual oriented..like
  to do activities by themselves. Parental approval
  is very important.
• 8-10 more group oriented, usually of the same
  sex.

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Social cont

• 10-12 Make friends easier, increasing awareness
  of opposite sex, dependence on parents lessen.
  Less time spent with family, more with peers.